Nuffield Proactive Health and Nuffield Diagnostics have a new, exclusive nationwide contract with Mobile Doctors Group. All the rehabilitation, treatments and diagnostic services of Mobile Doctors will be catered for by Nuffield Diagnostics. The deal will ensure that the insurer has a fixed price regardless of how many sessions are necessary, and that the claimant [...]

A British scuba diver who fell victim to decompression sickness, also known as the bends, while diving on vacation in Egypt has been denied his insurance claim by Lloyds TSB. The insurer’s position is that the man exceeded the depth provision written into his policy, that this is what caused his illness, and that they [...]

Once established, a new study by the Association of British Insurers (ABI), private medical insurance (PMI) policies are increasingly popular with consumers. In numbers, the survey reveals an upward adjustment of 1,8% ABI subscriptions to such measures in 2006, subscribe to 1,030,000 people. It is estimated that around six million adults and children covered by [...]

Datamonitor, a market analyst noted that the number of participants from the outstanding balance insurance (PPI) fell. In 2006, the value of the premium PPI policies collected by insurers fell by nearly 4% to 5.4 billion, Datamonitor, which leads to the lower levels of debt and bad publicity PPI cover. PPI is paying off debts [...]

Nationwide, UKS largest construction company has stopped all sales of payment protection insurance (PPI) was forced to admit that their employees could advise clients properly. The construction company apparently placed an undercover operation and discovers PPI providers not to the mark. PPI is sold except for loans, mortgages and contracts for borrowers credit card for [...]

Bupa is suggesting that employees are showing an increase in their interest in health and well being, to the extent that the majority value private medical insurance (PMI) above many other employee benefits, including bonuses and flexitime. In its Health of the Nation report, which is based on an annual survey of the general public’s [...]

Standard Life is expected to result in the first half of the record 350 a week. The prediction is well beyond market expectations and the previous 327m compared with profit of 206 million euros in the first half of 2005/06. During the last six months, the investment activities of the management company had a strong [...]